Tag Archive for Rabbinical Court

| December 31, 2015
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Female MKs oppose rabbinical ruling requiring women pay child support

 

OPPOSES: MK Zehava Galon: “The decision will harm women and could be used by men as a bargaining chip against them.”
SUPPORTS: Rabbi Eliyahu Heishrik of the Chief Rabbinate: “We need to also consider the situation in which the man makes less money than the woman.”

By Gideon Allon

 

Female MKs from the opposition and coalition alike expressed outrage on Wednesday following a decision by the Chief Rabbinate to require some women to pay child support when couple divorce. Until now, only men have been required to pay child support.

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In a heated debate during a meeting of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, MK Rachel Azaria (Kulanu) said, “The man holds the ‘whip’ of providing a ‘get’ [religious divorce document] in his hands, and women are prepared to pay everything they have to buy their freedom.”

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| June 30, 2014
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High Court relieved rabbinical courts of it’s authority over circumcision decisions

Israel’s High Court decided that family courts will decide whether a baby gets a circumcision when divorcing parents disagree on the issue, and not the rabbinical court that’s dealing with the divorce.

 

In a dramatic decision on religion and democracy, the High Court of Justice on Sunday took away authority from the rabbinical court system over whether a divorcing couple had to circumcise their son.

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Secular “Brit Milah” Jewish circumcision ceremony – Photo: IsraelandStuff/PP

The vote to move the issue into the family court system was 6-1 with Deputy Supreme Court Justice Miriam Naor, Justices Salim Jabraun, Esther Hayot, Hanan Meltzer, Yoram Danziger and Neal Hendel voting in the majority against Justice Elyakim Rubsinstein voting in the minority. Continue Reading »

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| November 27, 2013
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Rabbinical Court fines woman $140. day until she circumcises her son


Mother ordered to pay NS 3,500 fine plus NS 500 (shekels) each day unless she performs circumcision. 

“If the issue of circumcision is left to every individual to decide, how will the rest of the world view this?” rabbis say.

Case appealed to High Court.

By Nitzi Yakov

A woman who refused to have her newborn circumcised will have to pay a 3,500-shekel ($987) fine, the Netanya Rabbinical Court ruled this week. The court said the penalty would be waived if her child undergoes circumcision within one week. Failure to comply beyond that deadline would result in an additional 500 shekel ($141) charge per day.

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